Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1641)

Battle of Cape St. Vincent
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Battle of Cape St. Vincent,; by Carel Christiaan Antony Last
Date	4 November 1641
Location	Near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
United Provinces	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Artus Gijsels	Juan Alonso Idiáquez
Strength
20 warships	Total: 24 warships ; 9 Galleons ; 10 Dunkirk Man-of-wars ; 4 frigates ; 1 Caravel
Casualties and losses
100–200 killed or wounded, 2 ships sunk	1,100 killed or wounded, 2 ships sunk

The Battle of Cape St Vincent of 1641 took place on 4 November 1641 when a Spanish fleet commanded by Don Juan Alonso de Idiáquez y Robles intercepted a Dutch fleet led by Artus Gijsels during the Eighty Years' War. After a fierce battle two Dutch ships were lost but the Dutch claimed only a hundred of their men were killed; the Spanish fleet also lost two ships but over a thousand dead. The damaged Dutch fleet was forced to abandon its planned attack on the Spanish treasure fleet.

^ ^a ^b (in Dutch)R. Prud’homme van Reine, Rechterhand van Nederland. Biografie van Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, p.49

[Prud’homme1-1] (in Dutch)R. Prud’homme van Reine, Rechterhand van Nederland. Biografie van Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, p.49

[1]